CVE-2026-66602: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in DevItems HashBar – WordPress Notification Bar
CVE-2026-66602 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the DevItems HashBar – WordPress Notification Bar plugin. This vulnerability affects versions up to and including 2.0.0. It allows an attacker to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of an authenticated user. The vulnerability has a high severity with a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating significant potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-66602 is a CSRF flaw in the DevItems HashBar – WordPress Notification Bar plugin for WordPress. It affects all versions up to 2.0.0. The flaw allows attackers to trick authenticated users into submitting unwanted requests, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 8.8, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this CSRF vulnerability could allow attackers to execute unauthorized actions with the privileges of an authenticated user, potentially leading to complete compromise of the affected WordPress site’s confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or remediation information is provided in the available data. Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, administrators should consider disabling or restricting use of the HashBar plugin to mitigate risk.
CVE-2026-66602: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in DevItems HashBar – WordPress Notification Bar
Description
CVE-2026-66602 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the DevItems HashBar – WordPress Notification Bar plugin. This vulnerability affects versions up to and including 2.0.0. It allows an attacker to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of an authenticated user. The vulnerability has a high severity with a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating significant potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
DevItems
HashBar – WordPress Notification Bar
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-66602 is a CSRF flaw in the DevItems HashBar – WordPress Notification Bar plugin for WordPress. It affects all versions up to 2.0.0. The flaw allows attackers to trick authenticated users into submitting unwanted requests, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 8.8, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this CSRF vulnerability could allow attackers to execute unauthorized actions with the privileges of an authenticated user, potentially leading to complete compromise of the affected WordPress site’s confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or remediation information is provided in the available data. Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, administrators should consider disabling or restricting use of the HashBar plugin to mitigate risk.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Patchstack
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-27T14:00:08.990Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a84dab6c6e8be0332d2dbce
Added to database: 08/18/2026, 22:20:38 UTC
Last enriched: 09/11/2026, 10:17:28 UTC
Last updated: 10/02/2026, 02:46:05 UTC
Views: 59
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